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General information Core i9-12900 Core i3-2125
Launched Q1 2022 Q3 2011
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket FCLGA1700 LGA1155
Series Name Intel Core i9 Intel Core i3
Core Family Name Alder Lake Sandy Bridge
Clock 2.4 GHz 27.3 % 3.3 GHz 0 %
Cores 16 0 % 2 87.5 %
Threads 24 0 % 4 83.3 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 W 0 % 65 W 0 %
Lithography 10 nm 68.8 % 32 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 8 × 32 kB Instruction
8 × 48 kB Data
2 × 32 kB Instruction
2 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 8 × 1.25 MB
2 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 30 MB
1 × 3 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Integrated GPU Intel UHD Graphics 770 Intel HD Graphics 3000
Performance Core i9-12900 Core i3-2125
Overall Score 68643 0 % 34066 50.4 %
Future Proof 86 % 0 % 26 % 69.8 %
Benchmark Score 22202 0 % 1347 93.9 %
Single Thread Score 4062.2 0 % 1573.1 61.3 %
Encrypting Data 23806.5 MB/s 0 % 3074.2 MB/s 87.1 %
Compressing Data 409.5 MB/s 0 % 43.2 MB/s 89.5 %
String objects sorting 45075.2 thousand/s 0 % 6505.7 thousand/s 85.6 %
Prime numbers generation 122.8 millions/s 0 % 14 millions/s 88.6 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 128787 millions/s 0 % 10116.3 millions/s 92.1 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 92541.4 millions/s 0 % 3748.8 millions/s 95.9 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i9-12900, Core i3-2125.

Average frames per second Core i9-12900 Core i3-2125
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 158.6 FPS 55.9 FPS
High settings 253.7 FPS 89.5 FPS
Medium settings 317.2 FPS 111.8 FPS
Low settings 396.5 FPS 139.8 FPS
Difference 0 % 64.7 %

Grand Theft Auto V Frames per second

Comparison of FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) in game 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Grand Theft Auto V.

Grand Theft Auto V Core i9-12900 Core i3-2125
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 171.5 FPS 110.5 FPS
High settings 274.4 FPS 176.9 FPS
Medium settings 343.0 FPS 221.1 FPS
Low settings 428.8 FPS 276.4 FPS
Difference 0 % 35.5 %
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